“Seven Years Down the Drain”

Posted by admin on Apr 22, 2013 in Blog | 0 comments One of the craziest lines in the 1978 movie ‘Animal House‘ was John “Bluto” Blutarsky bemoaning ‘seven years down the drain’ when his entire fraternity was about to get expelled from school. It was funny because it was hard to imagine a college student spending seven years on campus with nothing to show for it – but how funny is it now with that becoming...
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Using the Holidays to Focus on Your Major

Posted by admin on Dec 19, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments High school and college students are always pressed for time – it’s part of their life. And they will soon come to realize that this lack of time doesn’t go away after graduation, it gets more intense. But the holiday season is a good time for most of them to stop and think about the ‘big picture’ of life. Things like: What am I going to do after I graduate? Have I...
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How Is This Recovery Different?

Posted by admin on Oct 26, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments Last night I was reading Thomas Friedman’s book, That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and How We Can Get it Back. In Section FOUR – Up in the Air, there is a sub-section called Creators and Servers. In this section Friedman explains how recovery from recessions or downturns has changed since World War II. He quotes Raghuram Rajan, a professor of finance...
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Planning College Exit Starts In High School

Posted by admin on Oct 16, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments In the last month I have spoken to two high school parent groups, and one group made up of parents and students. Combined, there were over 150 parents and about 50 students who attended. The focus of all of these talks was that there are four major components of the college decision process, and almost everyone ignores at least one. The four major college questions are: 1. Where will I go? (which...
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College, the Economy, and the American Dream

Posted by admin on Sep 11, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments How well are colleges preparing young adults to pursue the American dream? And how much of the problem is the economy? If that dream is financial independence, living on their own without help from their parents, and no debt – then the best thing we can say is that things are NOT working out so well right now. In one of the most thorough studies I have read recently called Chasing the...
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Are Colleges Working?

Posted by admin on Aug 29, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments The Wall Street Journal had an article on Aug. 16, 2012 where the headline read, “Colleges Must Learn to Make the Sale”. The article focused on how much more colleges are dedicating to their marketing efforts, with many starting to hire a Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The second sentence summed things up in saying, “Elite colleges and universities are still attracting plenty of...
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